Reducing bias in the measurement of selection

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 433-436

  Mauricio, Rodney ^a   Mojonnier, Laura E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS; FITNESS; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION;

ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031423024     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01178-6     Document Type: Review

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